Course Details Language of Instruction English Level of Course Unit Bachelor's Degree Department / Program ARCHITECTURE Type of Program Formal Education Type of Course Unit Elective Course Delivery Method Face To Face Objectives of the Course Providing basic skills on how to think contextually in historical settings and draw conclusions regarding the sequence of events taken place in the respective settings. Examining the construction of historical knowledge and how each society understands and produces history. Identifying the importance of socio-political, cultural, economic, and technological developments and their role in history using grand -strategy computer games about history. Utilizing computer games for interactive learning and thinking environment for learning world history. Course Content Although they often remain largely overlooked by academicians, computer games, make increasing claims to “accurately” representing history, either using it as a storytelling context or claiming to dissect the very principles that guide history’s flow. This course will examine the representations of history in a variety of computer games not only to evaluate their accuracy against the standards of scholarly works, but also to investigate the assumptions that guide such representation and even to determine whether these media can bring new questions and perspectives to the research work of academic field of history. The students will play the games and discuss about how the historical themes represented in the digital environment with a critical outlook. Course Methods and Techniques Prerequisites and co-requisities None Course Coordinator None Name of Lecturers None Assistants None Work Placement(s) No Recommended or Required Reading Resources

 





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